Lamentations 4:17-22
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
17 Our eyes failed, ever watching
vainly for help;
we were watching eagerly
for a nation that could not save.(A)
18 They dogged our steps
so that we could not walk in our streets;
our end drew near; our days were numbered,
for our end had come.(B)
19 Our pursuers were swifter
than the eagles in the heavens;
they chased us on the mountains;
they lay in wait for us in the wilderness.(C)
20 The Lord’s anointed, the breath of our life,
was taken in their pits—
the one of whom we said, “Under his shadow
we shall live among the nations.”(D)
21 Rejoice and be glad, O daughter Edom,
you that live in the land of Uz;
but to you also the cup shall pass;
you shall become drunk and strip yourself bare.(E)
22 The punishment of your iniquity, O daughter Zion, is accomplished;
he will keep you in exile no longer;
but your iniquity, O daughter Edom, he will punish;
he will uncover your sins.(F)
Lamentations 4:17-22
English Standard Version
17 (A)Our eyes failed, ever watching
(B)vainly for help;
in our watching we watched
for (C)a nation which could not save.
18 (D)They dogged our steps
so that we could not walk in our streets;
(E)our end drew near; our days were numbered,
for our end had come.
19 Our pursuers were (F)swifter
than the eagles in the heavens;
they chased us on the mountains;
they lay in wait for us in the wilderness.
20 (G)The breath of our nostrils, (H)the Lord's anointed,
was captured (I)in their pits,
of whom we said, (J)“Under his shadow
we shall live among the nations.”
21 (K)Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom,
you who dwell in (L)the land of Uz;
but to you also (M)the cup shall pass;
you shall become drunk and strip yourself bare.
22 (N)The punishment of your iniquity, O daughter of Zion, is accomplished;
he will keep you in exile no longer;[a]
but (O)your iniquity, O daughter of Edom, he will punish;
he will uncover your sins.
Footnotes
- Lamentations 4:22 Or he will not exile you again
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